Re-­tellings  of  Myths,  Legends  and  Fairy  Tales  GNSSM  2018  LCS  

A World of Stories Re-tellings of Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales

A Song for Ella Grey David Almond A re-imagining of the

love story between Orpheus and Eurydice

Hodder

The Sleeper and the Spindle

Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell

An unusual and haunting re-telling of Sleeping Beauty

Bloomsbury

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan Adventures of a modern young boy who discovers he is the son of a Greek God.

Puffin

A Thousand Nights E.K. Johnston The Scheherazade story Macmillan The Dark is Rising Sequence

Susan Cooper Fantasy stories based on ancient British legends

Puffin

Into the Woods Out of the Woods

Lyn Gardner, Mini Grey A delightful weaving together of classic fairy tales

David Fickling Books

The New Policeman trilogy

Kate Thompson A mischievious fantasy of Irish legends, fairies and the land of Tir na nog

Red Fox

Ithaca Adele Geras The story of Penelope after the Trojan War

David Fickling Books

Troy Adele Geras The siege of Troy, two sisters and the meddling of Aphrodite

Scholastic

Dido Adele Geras The story of Dido, Aeneas and a servant girl

Random House

The Owl Service Alan Garner A re-imagining of the Mabinogion love story from Wales

Collins Class

Lob Linda Newbery, Pam Smy A story of a young girl who can see the Green Man of British legends

David Fickling Books

Arthur, The Seeing Stone

Kevin Crossley Holland The adventures of a young boy in C12th Britain mingled with the legends of Arthur

Orion

The Ransom of Dond Siobhan Dowd, Pam Smy A haunting tale of the island of Darra and a dark God

David Fickling Books

Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx

Joe Todd Stanton Egypt Flying Eye Books

Hilda and the Troll Luke Pearson Tales of the North Flying Eye Books

 

Re-­tellings  of  Myths,  Legends  and  Fairy  Tales  GNSSM  2018  LCS  

The Dinner that cooked itself

J.C Hsyu and Kenard Pak Chinese folk tale Flying Eye Books

Leaf Sandra Dieckmann European folklore Flying Eye Books

The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear

Margrete Lamond, Heather Vallance

Traditional tale from Australia

Old Barn Books

Geis A Matter of Life and Death

Alexis Deacon Graphic novel of fantasy and folklore

Nobrow books

Beowulf Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman

Re-telling of the Anglo Saxon epic poem

Walker

Beowulf Kevin Crossley-Holland, Charles Keeping

Re-telling of the Anglo Saxon epic poem

Oxford University Press

Little Red Riding Hood

Lucy Rowland. Ben Mantle

A re-telling of the story but this little girl loves making up new stories….

Macmillan

Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

Eugene Trivizas, Helen Oxenbury

A different version of the classic story

Egmont